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Lilac kingfisher

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Lilac kingfisher
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Lilac kingfishers are kingfishers in the genus Cittura, found in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands.

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Cittura cyanotis at Bintauna
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Taxonomy

The genus Cittura was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848.[2] The genus name is from classical Greek kitta for "magpie" and oura for "tail".

There are two species:[3]

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